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- 1960s Photo Archives - LIFE
Explore 1960s within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious privately held archives from the US around the World
- Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life
The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands When James Earl Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29, 2024, he was 100, and many people who as 18-year-olds had voted for or against him in the 1970s were contemplating
- LIFE
In 1946, in that moment after World War II when people were looking to get back on the road, LIFE photographer Andreas Feininger documented one of the most beautiful highways in North America
- The 100 Most Important Photos Ever - LIFE
Here are a few selections from LIFE’s new special issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures Ever and the Stories Behind Them (clockwise from top left) Joe Rosenthal AP Shutterstock; Robert Beck Sports Illustrated Getty; Library of Congress, Prints Photographs Division, FSA OWI Collection, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516]; NASA
- The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE
Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world
- Every Loving Detail: Inside a Lavish Kansas City Wedding, 1947 - LIFE
LIFE decided to pay tribute to “this burgeoning romanticism” by dispatching staff photographer NIna Leen to document a particularly lavish wedding, with a focus on all the preparations leading up to it, for a nine-page story headlined “ June Wedding: Kansas City Girl Marries With All the Fixings ”
- Albert Camus: Intellectual Titan - LIFE
LIFE’s 1957 story about Camus carried the headline “Action-Packed Intellectual” and began with the note that he “jealously guards his privacy ” But the author relented enough to allow LIFE staff photographer Loomis Dean a rare window into his life
- The Bohemian Life in Big Sur, 1959
LIFE’s story is richly illustrated with photos by J R Eyerman, and to today’s viewer it can be remarkable how stately most the images are Sure, Eyerman photographed a few skinny dippers by the shore and captured an outdoor art class drawing a nude model
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